Rebels in Mr Johnson's party fear that even if they reach the threshold of 54 Tory MPs - or 15 per cent of the total - to trigger a confidence vote, the premier would survive because it would then need a full majority to oust him. The prospect of Mr Johnson winning and immediately seeking a fresh mandate from voters is being openly discussed by lawmakers, two Tory MPs said on condition of anonymity.
History shows that even prime ministers who win a confidence vote find their authority is undermined;yet was still out of Downing Street months later at the height of Tory wrangling over Brexit. On Tuesday , Conservative MP John Stevenson became the latest to publicly call for Mr Johnson to go, indicating he had written a letter calling for a confidence vote to Mr Graham Brady, who leads the influential 1922 Committee of rank-and-file Tories.
The expectation that Mr Johnson would win a confidence vote stems from the fact that even though he's been undermined by partygate, last week's report did not trigger a mass rebellion. "This prime minister has been reduced to desperately phoning around his mutinous MPs offering out baubles in a doomed attempt to save his own skin," the opposition Labour Party's deputy leader Angela Rayner said in a statement."His dishevelled government is asleep at the wheel.
Please do, it seems like months since the last one.
Hooray!
BionicBirdAnna His own seat is a precarious as any, would he really risk that😏
JohnWest_JAWS This would before they manage to do the boundary changes which are effectively gerimandering... Would be interesting to see the justification for the change post election
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